WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1954 Lions Face Pitt Five Saturday By dick McDowell The stage is set for what promi battles of the year when Penn Stal field house. The two teams meet i overtime thriller at Bee Hall Jan, Panthers, 91-85. Pitt will be out for blood in this one and, according to -the Pittsburg Press, may be slight favorites. Coach Bob Timmons’ quintet pushed the Lions right up to the final buzzer in the first meeting and naturally would like nothing better ihan to. upset El mer Gross’ high flying Lions. ' The Panthers, led by flashy Dutch Burch, have been a dis appointing club to Pitt fans this season, winning only five games while losing 12, but of late have shown great improvement and can be dangerous at times. They proved this at Rec Hall. The Lions travel to Pittsburgh on the crest of a splendid 10-2 record wit seven contests- re maining on the regular schedule. The Blue and White have lost only to North Carolina State and Navy, and will arrive at Panther Hollow seeking their fifth win in a row. As a team, the Nittanies are well on their way to setting an other scoring record in average points per game—a record that has been broken for the past two seasons. Last year Gross’ quintet scored an average of 69.7 points per contest, and with 12 contests behind them are averaging 71.1 this season. Individually, center Jesse Ar nelle ranks as the top man in the scoring department with 260 points for a 21.7 average a game. Latest National Collegiate Ath letic Association statistics place the big junior 28th in the nation in average points per game. Ar nelle has fired in 89 field goals and is 82 for 119 at the foul line. -Captain Jack Sherry is in the number two spot with 52 field You're Invited Mr. Penn Campus Day! You've Asked Us to Have an Annual $ Dollar Day $ for You -- So Nere It 8s!! Special BLUE JEANS Altanatioins at Cos* ises to be one of the top-notch cage te battles Pitt Saturday in the Pitt in the return contest of the three .. 28 when the Lions whipped the goals and 32 foul points for a to tal of 136 points and an average of 11.3 points a'game. Ed Haag is third with 110 points and a 9.2 average and Ron Weidenhammer is fourth with 107 points and an 8.9 mark. ■ Of the seven games remaining on the schedule, Pitt will prob ably give Gross’ club their tough est game. The Panthers have de monstrated that they can play first-rate basketball. With Burch setting the pace, the Smokey City quintet employs a speedy fast break offense that proved very successful against the Lions in the first meeting. Rugged Ed Pav lick and Tommy Artman give the Panthers strength under the bas ket and from outside, and Burch can score, from . any. place on the floor. Following the Pitt contest the Lions travel to New York State where they will play return 'games with. Syracuse and Col gate. They return home Feb. 24 for the first of four home games to wrap up the season. Gettys burg will be at Rec Hall for the first one followed by Rutgers, Georgetown, and Temple. Brooks Sign Erskine; Hodges SHIS Unsigned BROOKLYN, Feb. 9 (£»)—Carl Erskine, who set a record of 14 strikeouts against the New York Yankees in the 1953 World Series, signed his 1954 Brooklyn baseball contract today. Erskine became the 29th Dodg er to come to terms, leafing first baseman Gil Hodges as the only Dodger regular not signed. I Jack Harper First Annual JACK HARPER TOMORROW THURSDAY, FEB. 11 SPORT COATS $l.OO MANY OTHER B ffirtk* Halite Tailor HArrrn THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA State Vo. Price RBABNS Habe«oaihe« New Record Holders PENN STATE'S record-setting mile relay team whips through a practice lap on the Rec Hall track. Left "to right are Art Pollard. Skip Slocum, Roy Brunjes, and Ollie Sax. The baton passers sped to a new Nittany record Saturday in the Millrose Games with a clocking of 3:19.7. Frosh Athletic Program Opens Freshman competition in basket ball, wrestling and boxing has been instituted at .the University on a limited scale, according to Ernest B. McCoy, director of ath letics. Frosh competition previous ly has been very limited and irregular since the war. The plebe basketball team ac companied the varsity quintet to Bucknell Jan. 27 for a game with the Bison freshmen. The Lions were defeated, 88-64. The freshman boxers will meet Syracuse at 4:30 p.m. Saturday 100% Wool SLACKS l A Price Mn Cvf!inn«P in Rec Hall. First-year wrestlers will meet the University of Pitts burgh team at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in Rec Hall. CAMPUS WHEEL AS&Ss our underwear mileage?” "How’s “l do a I©* of rolling around,” says Axle J. Innert' tube, a big wheel on the campus, "and let me tell you, it’s a lot more comfortable going over curbs when you’re wearing Jockey brand Underwear. 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W K«notita, Whconuc^ College Soph Is Newest Pro Boxing Rage NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (£>)—Nate Brooks, a bright new face in a day of humdrum fighters, is the newest rave of the boxing crowd. “He could be a small- edition of Ray Robinson,” wrote Jim Jen nings, veteran boxing writer of the New York Daily Mirror after watching the Ohio State pre-law sophomore stop Billy Peacock last night to win the North American bantam crown. “He (Brooks) has all the moves of greatness and had the cruel ele gance of Ray Robinson when he was just beginning,” wrote Jimmy Cannon in the New York Post. This is a pretty fair sendoff for a 20-year-old scrapper with only nine pro fights—even if he did win the Olympic flyweight title at Hel sinki in 1952. Testing Brooks presents a real problem in the bantam class be cause there are very few good 118- pounders around. He has to. fight feathers, giving away six or seven pounds, to keep busy. Later events may prove Brooks isn’t quite the fighter he looked last night. 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